Amélie Oudéa-Castéra steps into row over suggestion homeless people to be moved out of Paris region for Games
“Today we have around 200,000 emergency places, a record since 2017, and we know there’s a very strong concentration in the Île-de-France … we have to deal with this and offer a better service. We cannot blame the Olympics for all the problems of society,” she said.
He said budget hotels most often used for homeless people and asylum seekers intended to offer rooms at a premium during the Rugby World Cup in September and the Olympics next July. He said as many as 5,000 emergency accommodation beds could be lost. Agence France-Presse reported last week that the government had been asking local prefects since mid-March to create temporary reception centres in all but two French regions in order to free up hotel space in and around Paris.
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